Toddler is found wandering outside

Boy's mother called police looking for him

A two-year-old boy was found wandering near a bookstore on Ayers Street early Sunday by a passerby.

The passerby, who spotted the child about 5 a.m., took him to a nearby convenience store and called police, said Corpus Christi police Capt. Robert Bridge.

The toddler, who was wearing only a diaper, was not hurt.

Police went door-to-door in neighborhoods around that area until the boy's 23-year-old mother contacted authorities. Bridge said police are still unsure how the child got out of his home in the 2800 block of Enterprise Court and made his way more than a quarter-mile to the 2500 block of Ayers Street across from the Del Mar College East campus. Child Protective Services also is investigating the incident.

No charges have been filed.

On Nov. 2, a toddler in Portland, also 2, died after he wandered from his home and was hit by an 18-wheeler.